The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-04
LATEST NEWS.
Dates to March 18TH Inclusive, by the
Planter.
Miscellaneous.

of terrible accident On the line OF the
Boston and Providence Railroad, about
o'clock on the morning OF the 18th OF
March, between Rosindale and FOrestville.
The train from Dedham broke through
Bussey Park bridge. The engine and
three cars passed over, but five cars fell
through to the road below, distance OF
thirty feet The train was crowded with
working people. Twenty-six were killed
outright nine were fatally injured, and
over one hundred less seriously SO. The
bridge was weak one.
The Times Tuscola Ull.) special
says: Rev. P. N. DOnOhue of Charleston,
who was lately made Lieutenant in the
French army by General BOulanger for
the discovery of very destructive ex-
plosiYe for use in torpedo warfare, has de-
cided to call his new invention Carbon
esta glycerine." He says that it has ten
times the destructive power possessed by
nitro-glycerine and can be handled with
great deal more safety.
The New York police find employment
in raiding Chinese opium joints and gam
bling dens. Sixty-eight Cinnamon were
recently captured at one Layout" in the
new building erectedson the ruins OF the
Windsor Theater fire.
The New York Central Railroad cars are
to be lighted by incandescent lamps.
Rabies is very prevalent in Georgia. A
general war has been proclaimed against
dogs, nevertheless several were bitten and
died of the disease, while large numbers
of cattle have been similarly attacked by
mad dogs. Something like panic has
| been created.
Santa Barbara, California, has been illu-
minated by electric lights.
The Increase of population ia California
! by immigration is unprecedented. If the
"boom" keeps up the State will soon
double its population.
The Moorish authorities have released
thirty-three persons imprisoned under
1 the American claims at Alcazar and Lar
aich.
Fires on sugar plantations i'll Cuba are
of frequent occurrence, and reports are
daily received of losses to planters by this
means. Although individual cases of dam
ages are not great, the aggregate loss foots
up to a considerable figure.
A Victorian dispatch of the 18th of
March states that the Canadian Pacific
Railway blockade is raised. A western
bound train arrived at Port Moody to-
night, the first through mail since Febru-
airy ODD. A Winnipeg dispatch of the
same date states that passengers attempt
! ing to go west were compelled to return
and make their way to the Pacific Coast
! by American lines. There would be no
! through trains for fortnight.
AT public Consistory in the Sala Re
gia, Rome, on March 18th, red hats were
conferred upon eight new cardinals, of
whom Archbishop Gibbons of Baltimore
and Archbishop Tacherau of Quebec were
the most notable. The ceremony was very
imposing.
Three Kentucky vigilantes-'law and
order men''-were shot and killed while
administering a night whipping to a
woman aged 20 years, in her yard in Rock
Castle county. Her offense was whisky
selling in prohibition county. She had
been whipped before for the same offense.
Assurances have been made that the I'm
perial Government proposes literally to
subsidize Ottawa's ship-canal scheme,
which, if carried out will have a great eff
feet upon the commerce of the Dominion
The project is to shorten the distance be-
tween the lakes and the seaboard by di-
rect and continuous water route. 1t is
proposed to utilize all the lakes in Ontario,
and Lake Huron with the Ottawa River.
1t is said only twenty miles of the canal
will have to be constructed. Such route
would form an outlet for Canadian and
West American grain.
The British steamship Baltimore, on the
passage between Liverpool and New York,
relieved the crew of the British ship Baron
Blantyre. sugar laden, from Java to
Greenock. All the water and provisions
had been swept overheard or destroyed
and they had been five days in famish-
ing state. Food and water were put on
board at great risk All sails, spars and
boats had been swept overheard.
A gang of Missouri outlaws has been
discovered, and fifteen of its members
have been arrested. Evidence of their
murderous work has been secured. One
of them is an ordained preacher, and
prominent members of the Baptist Church
are among those implicated. All are
farmers. These ruffians are engaged in
the moral work of suppressing illicit
liquor traffic by terrorism and assassina-
ton. Thus extremes meet.
The high rates of ocean freights at all |
the Atlantic ports some two months ago
have had the effect of bringing an I'M
usually large number of ocean steamers
into New York harbor. The result is an |
over-supply of tonnage Several steamers
are now loading at ballast rates. The con-
sequence of the tendency of these low
rates is to stimulate grain shipments.
Constans, the French Minister to China,
announces that the Chinese Government
has authorized the joining of the Anamite
and Chinese telegraph systems.
The Indian Government intends to sta
ton a force on the frontier in the Pishen
district to morally support the Ameer of
Afghanistan.
A guard has been placed over the yault
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